Output a list of random task titles

random-task.js

// usage: node random-task.js [numPhrasesToGenerate]

const words = [
  ['accept', 'acceptance', 'acceptable', ''],
  ['achieve', 'achievements', 'achievable', ''],
  ['act', 'actions', 'active', 'actively'],
  ['act', 'activities', 'active', 'actively'],
  ['act', 'activeness', 'active', 'actively'],
  ['add', 'additions', 'additional', ''],
  ['adjust', 'adjustments', 'adjustable', ''],
  ['admire', 'admiration', 'admirable', ''],
  ['advise', 'advice', 'advisable', ''],
  ['amass', 'masses', 'massive', 'massively'],
  ['amazed', 'amazement', 'amazing', ''],
  ['amuse', 'amusement', 'amusing', ''],
  ['annoy', 'annoyances', 'annoying', ''],
  ['approach', 'approaches', 'approachable', ''],
  ['attend', 'attention', 'attentive', ''],
  ['attract', 'attraction', 'attractive', ''],
  ['avoid', 'avoidance', 'avoidable', ''],
  ['believe', 'beliefs', 'believable', ''],
  ['blacken', 'blackness', 'black', ''],
  ['bleed', 'blood', 'bloody', ''],
  ['bore', 'boredom', 'boring', ''],
  ['bother', 'botheration', 'bothering', ''],
  ['breathe', 'breaths', 'breathing', ''],
  ['bury', 'burials', 'buried', ''],
  ['care', 'care', 'careful', 'carefully'],
  ['challenge', 'challenges', 'challenging', ''],
  ['chase', 'chase', 'chasing', ''],
  ['cheer', 'cheerfulness', 'cheerful', 'cheerfully'],
  ['choose', 'choices', 'chosen', ''],
  ['clear', 'clarity', 'clear', 'clearly'],
  ['collect', 'collections', 'collective', 'collectively'],
  ['comfort', 'comforts', 'comfortable', 'comfortably'],
  ['complex', 'complexities', 'complex', ''],
  ['confuse', 'confusion', 'confused', ''],
  ['consider', 'considerations', 'considerable', 'considerably'],
  ['console', 'consolations', 'consoled', ''],
  ['continue', 'continuities', 'continuous', 'continuously'],
  ['craze', 'crazes', 'crazy', 'crazily'],
  ['create', 'creations', 'creative', 'creatively'],
  ['credit', 'credits', 'creditable', 'creditably'],
  ['cure', 'cures', 'curable', ''],
  ['curse', 'curses', 'cursed', ''],
  ['damage', 'damages', 'damaged', ''],
  ['deafen', 'deafness', 'deaf', ''],
  ['decide', 'decisions', 'decisive', ''],
  ['decorate', 'decorations', 'decorative', ''],
  ['delight', 'delights', 'delightful', 'delightfully'],
  ['demand', 'demands', 'demanding', ''],
  ['derive', 'derivations', 'derivative', ''],
  ['deserve', 'deserve', 'deserving', ''],
  ['destroy', 'destructions', 'destructive', 'destructively'],
  ['develop', 'developments', 'developing', ''],
  ['die', 'deaths', 'dead', ''],
  ['differ', 'differences', 'different', 'differently'],
  ['disturb', 'disturbances', 'disturbing', ''],
  ['dust', 'dust', 'dusty', ''],
  ['educate', 'education', 'educative', ''],
  ['embarrass', 'embarrassments', 'embarrassing', ''],
  ['empower', 'powers', 'powerful', 'powerfully'],
  ['empty', 'emptiness', 'empty', ''],
  ['encircle', 'circles', 'circular', 'circularly'],
  ['encourage', 'courage', 'courageous', 'courageously'],
  ['endanger', 'dangers', 'dangerous', 'dangerously'],
  ['enthuse', 'enthusiasm', 'enthusiastic', ''],
  ['enumerate', 'numbers', 'numerable', ''],
  ['envy', 'envies', 'envious', 'enviously'],
  ['evaporate', 'evaporation', 'evaporating', ''],
  ['expect', 'expectations', 'expected', 'expectedly'],
  ['explain', 'explanations', 'explainable', ''],
  ['explore', 'explorations', 'exploring', ''],
  ['fascinate', 'fascinations', 'fascinating', ''],
  ['feed', 'food', '', ''],
  ['firm', 'firmness', 'firm', 'firmly'],
  ['fly', 'flights', 'flying', ''],
  ['force', 'forces', 'forceful', 'forcefully'],
  ['glorify', 'glories', 'glorious', 'gloriously'],
  ['grow', 'growths', 'growing', 'growingly'],
  ['harm', 'harms', 'harmful', 'harmfully'],
  ['hate', 'hatred', 'hateful', 'hatefully'],
  ['heal', 'health', 'healthy', 'healthily'],
  ['hope', 'hopes', 'hopeful', 'hopefully'],
  ['identify', 'identification', 'indentified', ''],
  ['identify', 'identities', 'indentifying', ''],
  ['imitate', 'imitations', 'imitative', 'imitatively'],
  ['impress', 'impressions', 'impressive', 'impressively'],
  ['include', 'inclusions', 'inclusive', 'inclusively'],
  ['indicate', 'indications', 'indicative', 'indicatively'],
  ['inform', 'information', 'informative', ''],
  ['inhabit', 'habitats', 'inhabitant', ''],
  ['injure', 'injuries', 'injurious', 'injuriously'],
  ['inquire', 'inquiries', 'inquiring', ''],
  ['instruct', 'instructions', 'instructive', ''],
  ['insult', 'insults', 'insulting', 'insultingly'],
  ['intent', 'intentions', 'intentional', 'intentionally'],
  ['interfere', 'interferences', 'interfering', ''],
  ['introduce', 'introductions', 'introductory', ''],
  ['invent', 'inventions', 'inventive', ''],
  ['irritate', 'irritations', 'irritating', 'irritatingly'],
  ['lead', 'leadership', 'leading', 'leadingly'],
  ['live', 'lives', 'lively', 'livingly'],
  ['live', 'lives', 'alive', 'livingly'],
  ['live', 'liveliness', 'lively', 'livingly'],
  ['lose', 'losses', 'lost', ''],
  ['madden', 'madness', 'mad', 'madly'],
  ['migrate', 'migrations', 'migrating', ''],
  ['modernise', 'modernities', 'modern', ''],
  ['moisten', 'moisture', 'moistures', ''],
  ['monotonies', 'monotony', 'monotonous', 'monotonously'],
  ['move', 'movements', 'movable', 'movingly'],
  ['narrow', 'narrowness', 'narrow', ''],
  ['nationalise', 'nationalities', 'national', 'nationwide'],
  ['observe', 'observations', 'observatory', ''],
  ['own', 'ownership', 'own', ''],
  ['perform', 'performances', 'performing', ''],
  ['permit', 'permissions', 'permissible', ''],
  ['persuade', 'persuasions', 'persuasive', ''],
  ['please', 'pleasures', 'pleasant', ''],
  ['popularise', 'popularity', 'popular', ''],
  ['quicken', 'quickness', 'quick', 'quickly'],
  ['redden', 'redness', 'red', ''],
  ['sadden', 'sadness', 'sad', 'sadly'],
  ['secure', 'securities', 'secured', 'securely'],
  ['see', 'scenes', 'scenic', ''],
  ['see', 'sights', 'seen', ''],
  ['speed', 'speeds', 'speedy', 'speedily'],
  ['whiten', 'whiteness', 'white', ''],
  ['', 'badness', 'bad', 'badly'],
];

const verbs = words.map(([verb]) => verb).filter(Boolean);
const nouns = words.map(([,noun]) => noun).filter(Boolean);
const adjectives = words.map(([,,adj]) => adj).filter(Boolean);
const adverbs = words.map(([,,,adv]) => adv).filter(Boolean);

function pickRandom(arr) {
  return arr[Math.floor(Math.random() * arr.length)];
}
function capitalize(str) {
  return str[0].toUpperCase() + str.slice(1);
}

const count = parseInt(process.argv[2], 10) || 5;
const output = (new Array(count)).fill('').map(() =>
  [adverbs, verbs, adjectives, nouns].map(pickRandom).join(' ')
).map(capitalize).sort().join('\n');
console.log(output);